Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Federal Funding and the Famed Marshmallow Test
Were a psychologist to win federal funding for an experiment that involved offering 3-year-olds marshmallows, it’s likely that grant would eventually be cited on the floor of the House of Representatives as yet another example of silly and wasteful spending on social science.
When Science and Politics Collide: Panelists Respond
Earlier this month Social Science Space and the American Academy of Political and Social Science held their debut joint webinar, titled When […]
Stories of Research to Reality: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
New York University’s Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory to model complex decision making – “by the way, that is the hard science,” he says – which in turn demonstrates how social science really can matter in real life.
SSRC Gets $3 Million to Study Research Methods
The founder of the academic publisher SAGE has given the Social Science Research Council $3 million from her own pocket to advance […]
Stories of Research to Reality: Deborah Rupp
The scientific study of fairness in the workplace engages Purdue’s Deborah Rupp. Hear her explain her cutting-edge social science work, its applications to the real world, and why we should fund such work.
COMPETES Bill That Halves Social Science Budget Passes House
Republican-penned legislation that among other things cuts in half National Science Foundation funding for social science research passed the House of Representatives today.
Noose Narrows on NSF Social Science Funding
Options for changing legislation that would almost halve social science funding from the National Science Foundation are narrowing.
Taliban Kills Social Scientist in Hotel Attack
Paula Kantor, an American social scientist working to improve the lot of women and children in Afghanistan, was among 13 civilians killed Thursday in an attack on a guesthouse in Kabul.
